To All,
Since all of the Denver area lakes are frozen, I drove 100 miles south to
Lake Pueblo State Park to test the Combi-Single Folder. The weather
was 65 deg, no wind, and sunny. In a word…..perfect !
For a low volume design, it performed very well. Fast, good tracking, quick
turning, and stable. Not too shabby for a kayak that is actually the
by-product of the Combi-Double. I'll skin the double this weekend and be back
on the water next week.
On the drive home, it occurred to me that in the past year I've designed,
built, and paddled 5 new designs, with four of them being folders. The count
will reach 6 next week if the Double can be counted as a separate kayak.
My next project is an aluminum rendition of the 1926 Pawlata-Aijuk folding
kayak, to be followed closely by an all out performance "Gronland Faltboot".
It's always a great thrill to paddle a kayak you've built yourself, but to
paddle one you've designed, is simply over the top !
Do I love retirement or what !
Thanks,
Tom
Messages In This Thread
- Skin-on-Frame: Combi-Single Folder Test Drive *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 1/31/2003, 9:31 pm- Combi Folder , not too shabby is right!!
mike allen -- 2/1/2003, 2:04 pm- Re: Combi Folder , not too shabby is right!!
Tom Yost -- 2/1/2003, 4:17 pm- Re: Polypropylene and Polyethylene
Eric -- 2/2/2003, 6:39 am- Re: Polypropylene and Polyethylene
Tom Yost -- 2/2/2003, 9:25 am- Re: Argg! That Smell? I Remember Now. Thx Tom. *NM*
Eric -- 2/3/2003, 11:57 am- Re: Polypropylene and Polyethylene
Jim Kozel -- 2/3/2003, 10:34 am- Re: Polypropylene and Polyethylene NEVERMIND
Jim Kozel -- 2/3/2003, 10:38 am
- Re: Polypropylene and Polyethylene
- Re: Argg! That Smell? I Remember Now. Thx Tom. *NM*
- Re: Polypropylene and Polyethylene
- Re: Polypropylene and Polyethylene
- Re: Combi-Single Folder: Très Chic, Tom !
Eric -- 2/1/2003, 10:57 am- Re: Combi-Single Folder: Très Chic, Tom !
Tom Yost -- 2/1/2003, 11:14 am
- Wowza! You Da Man! *NM*
Wayne -- 2/1/2003, 12:09 am- Re: Wowza! You Da Man!
Tom Yost -- 2/1/2003, 1:11 am- Master Plan revealed
Wayne -- 2/1/2003, 8:41 am- Re: Master Plan revealed
Tom Yost -- 2/1/2003, 11:09 am
- Re: Master Plan revealed
- Master Plan revealed
- Re: Combi Folder , not too shabby is right!!
- Combi Folder , not too shabby is right!!